Sometimes people are called sloths, but
not because they live in trees; rather, it’s because they are moving very
slowly.

Are you like that sometimes? When?

Reading
passage: Learn more about the world's slowest mammals and answer the questions
that follow.

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows
on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful
camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rain forest home.

Sloths are identified by the number of long, prominent claws that they
have on each front foot. There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths.

All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all
of their time hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long
claws. Though they are clumsy on land, sloths are surprisingly good swimmers.
They sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers and stroke efficiently with their long arms.

Sloths sleep in trees, and they sleep a lot—some 15 to 20 hours every
day. Even when awake they often remain motionless. At night they eat leaves,
shoots, and fruit from the trees and get almost all of their water from juicy
plants. Trees are everything to them, they even mate and give birth while
hanging in the trees.

Source:nationalgeographic.com

1.How many
kinds of sloths are there?

a)Two b)Threec)One

2.In order for
a sloth to live in a tree, it needs . . .

a)big
clawsb)balance c)to eat only plants.

3.When do
sloths eat?

a)At nightb)When
they aren’t awake c)all the time

4.According to
the passage, why do sloths have a green color sometimes?

a)They resemble
treesb)They are camouflaged by leavesc)Green algae grow on their fur.

5.What is the third
paragraph about?

a)Misconceptions
about the sloth b)Misteries about the
sloth c)The sloth’s habits